Online
teaching and learning should be an experience where presence is felt by both instructors
and learners - Assessing for Presence and Community.
During the past weeks we've walked through the 7 Steps and Four Phases for
developing online courses with Presence and Community. But - how do
you know that presence and community are there once your course is finished? Well,
you’ll certainly feel and know it qualitatively, but you need more than that -
you need tools and methods for assessing quantitatively. We share a Chart
of Tools and Methods our instructor used to help with this assessment.
Next and Final Week - Bringing it All Together and a Wordle.
Reference
Lehman, R. M., & Conceição, S. C. (2010). Creating a Sense of Presence in Online Teaching: How to “Be There” for Distance Learners. Jossey-Bass.
